An Elaborately Carved Early 20thC Wooden Corinthian Column Capital sub-Curios are known as cheval screens

are known as cheval screens

Stars were used as motifs in arts and crafts ware

presented and glazed in a simple black frame

this ensemble would have been used to study the structural idiosyncrasies of the human form in the Victorian age

An Elaborately Carved Early 20thC Wooden Corinthian Column Capital sub-Curios are known as cheval screensOrigin: Possibly Indian Period: Early Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1900 1920 Height: 14. 5 inches Width: 18 inches (at maximum) Depth: 17 inches (at maximum) The copiously carved shaft having profuse acanthus leaf decoration, the base with four scrolling foliate corner supports surrounding further interlocking central foliate designs. The overall patination and colour to the soft wood (which is either pine, or Indian Gumar or Aini)